In article , Grumps wrote:
On 23/07/2020 22:58, williamwright wrote:
On 23/07/2020 20:39, Grumps wrote:

Of the five companies I contacted via the web, one replied and said
they were too busy to do work like that(!), one replied and said he
could have a look in a fortnight, one said £85, and two haven't
replied yet.

Most aerial firms will shy away from customers with specialised
requirements. After all, why bother? From the aerial man's point of
view radio amateurs can be an absolute nightmare. They are often
extremely certain of technical facts but wrong.

Bill

It's not really specialised putting up a very simple antenna - which
they didn't even ask about. All I'm essentially looking for is a man on
the end of a long stick. A stick I'm not sure I want to climb. Maybe all
I need to find is a handyman with a ladder instead.

it used to be said that many aerial riggers were former window cleaners who
still had theri ladder.

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